Can PF Random Thoughts be Split to Help with Server Load?

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The discussion revolves around the splitting of larger threads to alleviate server load, specifically continuing the Random Thoughts thread. Participants express their thoughts on various topics, including the emotional impact of the game Bioshock: Infinite, which one user describes as "haunting." They discuss the game's cover art, noting the absence of the female co-lead, Elizabeth, from the front cover, and reference an interview with Ken Levine that suggests this was a marketing compromise. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes, including family dynamics and humorous observations about everyday life, such as experiences at McDonald's and the challenges of parenting toddlers. The thread features a blend of light-hearted banter, reflections on gaming, and casual storytelling, highlighting the community's camaraderie.
  • #551
Evo said:
Oh, "fluffy cow", and the ferret "poodles". I think I should "blow out" my chihuahua. Except she'd kill me, but that would be one crazy looking dog.

Fluffy cow.

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Wooly pig.

http://img.izifunny.com/pics/2012/20121224/640/curly-hair-ship-mangalitsa-13-pics_8.jpg
 
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  • #552
I want to hug the fluffy cow :!)
 
  • #553
HeLiXe said:
I want to hug the fluffy cow :!)

*wooly pig has a sad*
 
  • #554
lisab said:
*wooly pig has a sad*
I will hug the wooly pig, we can blow him out and make him an awesome "fluffy pig".
 
  • #555
Evo said:
I will hug the wooly pig, we can blow him out and make him an awesome "fluffy pig".

:biggrin:
 
  • #556
They could put wool on elephants and mammoths would once again walk the earth.
 
  • #557
I'm unwinding now. Such a day -- no, such a week! I'm so tired my bones hurt. I wonder what the mechanism of that is...'scuse me while I go google.
 
  • #558
I wonder what my problem is; I have an almost complete inability to remember or recognize the faces of people I have met only a few times, tho I can remember tons of minutiae of conversations with the same people even from years back. Doesn't help much socially , to say the least, when people believe I'm ignoring them.
 
  • #559
Evo said:
I will hug the wooly pig, we can blow him out and make him an awesome "fluffy pig".

Make it so that the pig is just a bunch of pieces of cooked bacon put together, and every time you pull out a piece, another one grows to replace it.
 
  • #560
Bacle2 said:
I wonder what my problem is; I have an almost complete inability to remember or recognize the faces of people I have met only a few times, tho I can remember tons of minutiae of conversations with the same people even from years back. Doesn't help much socially , to say the least, when people believe I'm ignoring them.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=671707
 
  • #561
lisab said:
Wooly pig.

http://img.izifunny.com/pics/2012/20121224/640/curly-hair-ship-mangalitsa-13-pics_8.jpg
For some reason, my first thought was to wonder if you could make a silk purse out of its ear. :rolleyes:
 
  • #562
Be it Super Glue, Crazy Glue, or whatever other cyanoacrylate you want to use that claims to glue anything to anything else... they lie. I have learned through hours of experimentation that you absolutely cannot permanently attach a blob of snot to a snail's foot.
 
  • #563
Danger said:
Be it Super Glue, Crazy Glue, or whatever other cyanoacrylate you want to use that claims to glue anything to anything else... they lie. I have learned through hours of experimentation that you absolutely cannot permanently attach a blob of snot to a snail's foot.
thatsnotsurprising
 
  • #564
Danger said:
Be it Super Glue, Crazy Glue, or whatever other cyanoacrylate you want to use that claims to glue anything to anything else... they lie. I have learned through hours of experimentation that you absolutely cannot permanently attach a blob of snot to a snail's foot.
whywouldyouwantto

I feel bad for that snail... all the mucus.

Oh, wait.
 
  • #565
"snot on a snail" also not a googlenope.
 
  • #566
lisab said:
Wooly pig.

http://img.izifunny.com/pics/2012/20121224/640/curly-hair-ship-mangalitsa-13-pics_8.jpg


I'll second that, tribble bunny.​
 
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  • #567
ImATrackMan said:
whywouldyouwantto
Prosthetics development research; I have a soft spot for amputee snails.
 
  • #568
I actually finish all my homework, I just *want* to be there cheerfully enjoying their spaghetti. :evilgrin:
 
  • #569
inotyce said:
I actually finish all my homework, I just *want* to be there cheerfully enjoying their spaghetti. :evilgrin:
:confused:
 
  • #570
Danger said:
Prosthetics development research; I have a soft spot for amputee snails.
I removed the shell of my racing snail, thinking it would speed him up, but it just made him sluggish.
 
  • #571
:smile: :smile: :smile:

When my equally uncouth friends and I order escargot, we refer to it as "slugs in a camper".
 
  • #572
Danger said:
Prosthetics development research; I have a soft spot for amputee snails.

Yes, it happens a lot when they get run over by turtles. Consider the case of Slimy McShells, who once suffered such a trauma. Regaining consciousness in the emergency room, he was asked what caused the accident. “I really can’t remember,” the snail answered. “You see, it all happened so fast."

-Dave K
 
  • #573
Played (classical guitar, mostly, and some jazz) at an open mic last night. I've been playing for years but I never played out enough, so I still get nervous. Need more exposure. It was great though. A person from Argentina loved my tango - that is an excellent compliment. Still, the adrenaline kept me up till too late... I'm on about 4 hours of sleep. I'm no good without my sleep. I know some people do it a lot. Not me. 7-8 hours. In bed at 9:00. so. in short

yay
and ugh-Dave K
 
  • #574
Nice dkotschessaa! :smile:

Maybe you should be like most PFers and become an owl. :biggrin:
 
  • #575
Gad said:
Nice dkotschessaa! :smile:

Maybe you should be like most PFers and become an owl. :biggrin:

I used to be. But to be as gorgeous as I am you have to get lots of sleep.

Did I say gorgeous? Sorry, where is my humility? I meant smart and gorgeous.

-Dave K
 
  • #576
Haha!

I wish you a good sleep-full night, dkotschessaa. :)
 
  • #577
Major score at the swap meet this morning:

Two ink cartridges for my printer, plus 200 sheets of 4 x 6 photo paper, all for $5.00.

It was a bit of a risk because the expiration date on the cartridges was 2007. To my happy surprise, they worked. (At least one of them.)

Brand new, all this would have cost, roughly, hundreds of millions of dollars, as anyone with a printer knows.
 
  • #578
Humanity needs to hurry up and invent something that converts thoughts into text. This whole typing process is a pain.
 
  • #579
I spent the morning patching up cracks in drywall and an access panel that I had to cut into the wall. A few hours later it started raining and I discovered that I have a roof leak that comes through one of the windows - right on the freshly repaired wall. :rolleyes:
 
  • #580
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Humanity needs to hurry up and invent something that converts thoughts into text. This whole typing process is a pain.

Uhm. What happens when we get distracted? By ... thoughts.

I can't think on one topic!
 
  • #581
Borg said:
...I discovered that I have a roof leak that comes through one of the windows...
Shingle over the window and reglaze the roof.
 
  • #582
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Humanity needs to hurry up and invent something that converts thoughts into text. This whole typing process is a pain.

What a thought...

Though, I've been a touch typist since the age of 14, so converting thoughts into text is not a problem.

The thought though, involved all the 5000 thoughts that have kept me up until way after bedtime pondering the universe over the last 50 years.

And each night, it's a new set of 5000 thoughts.
 
  • #583
OmCheeto said:
The thought though, involved all the 5000 thoughts that have kept me up until way after bedtime pondering the universe over the last 50 years.

And each night, it's a new set of 5000 thoughts.

That was my problem until about 15 years ago, when I was put on Wellbutrin and Citalopram for my ADD. Suddenly, I could think about only 2 or 3 things at once, and actually get to sleep. Now, unfortunately, the beer somewhat negates that effect, so I have to slam a shot of scotch as a sleeping pill. (I also found that it functions exactly the same as the Robitussin Chest Decongestant formula that I used to have to take at least a couple of times a day, and is a lot cheaper.)
 
  • #584
zoobyshoe said:
Shingle over the window and reglaze the roof.
I think that the water is leaking in through a section of copper roofing so I'll have to use copper on the window.
 
  • #585
Copper roofing? Where do you live?
 
  • #586
Is it considered racist to use derogatory terms about yourself? I always refer to myself as a MacMickSpic because of my Scots, Irish and Spanish heritage. (I also have English and black, but I'm loathe to admit the former and the latter would require a DNA sample to prove since it doesn't show.)
 
  • #587
Probably depends on the company. Around strangers, probably not. With friends? Sure, you can explain.
 
  • #588
That sounds reasonable. Thanks.
 
  • #589
HayleySarg said:
Probably depends on the company. Around strangers, probably not. With friends? Sure, you can explain.

Try it around strangers, it could be a good ice breaker or nose breaker depending on the way the person takes it.
 
  • #590
That's a bit gutsy. I suppose it would make a good story.

I prefer my nose to stay un-broken, but I suppose it varies from person to person.
 
  • #591
The happiness of a number is preserved by rearranging the digits, and by inserting or removing any number of zeros anywhere in the number.
 
  • #592
lisab said:
The happiness of a number is preserved by rearranging the digits, and by inserting or removing any number of zeros anywhere in the number.

How do you define happiness of a number?
 
  • #593
micromass said:
How do you define happiness of a number?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_number

A happy number is defined by the following process: Starting with any positive integer, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits, and repeat the process until the number equals 1 (where it will stay), or it loops endlessly in a cycle which does not include 1. Those numbers for which this process ends in 1 are happy numbers, while those that do not end in 1 are unhappy numbers (or sad numbers[1]).

:smile:
 
  • #595
micromass said:
I'm as happy as 671.

Or 761, 10670, 6700001,...so many ways to be happy.
 
  • #596
lisab said:
The happiness of a number is preserved by rearranging the digits, and by inserting or removing any number of zeros anywhere in the number.

I've occasionally made someone happy by inserting a digit, but I've been warned against mentioning such things here.
 
  • #597
lisab said:
Or 761, 10670, 6700001,...so many ways to be happy.
Yes, the article goes on to describe cubic happy numbers. Most interesting.
 
  • #598
Danger said:
I've occasionally made someone happy by inserting a digit, but I've been warned against mentioning such things here.

:smile:

(Expressing my appreciation for this post, knowing full well it may vanish).
 
  • #599
Thank you. I'm here until Wednesday. Tell your friends.
 
  • #600
zoobyshoe said:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=671707

Thank you sir; your avatar looks vaguely- familiar, but I may be wrong.

But my problem is a bit different: it's not that I can't remember faces ingeneral; it just takes me longer-than-usual to remember a face, but once I remember it, I never forget it. I just need many meetings with the same person to be able to remember their face.

And I got 29/30 in the exam.
 
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